US 12,134,172 B2
Clamp designs with integrated features and methods relating thereto
James Jospeh Gurule, Danville, CA (US)
Assigned to James Jospeh Gurule, Danville, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/638,858
Filed by James Jospeh Gurule, Danville, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/048665
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/042010, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/922,803, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297266 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 5/10 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01); F16B 2/12 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 5/101 (2013.01) [B25B 5/16 (2013.01); F16B 2/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp for effecting alignment of one or more work pieces, said clamp comprising:
a unitary u-shaped frame for clamping one or more workpieces and comprises a lower work window and an upper work window separated by a support member designed to provide access through said u-shaped frame to one or more workpieces;
a work guide rotatably coupled to said frame, disposed adjacent to the lower work window, and having defined therein a guide aperture;
wherein, in an operative state of said work guide, said work guide is free to rotate, relative to said u-shaped frame, to a plurality of positions, where said guide aperture is accordingly free to acquire a plurality of aligned locations that align with a plurality of work window locations defined within the lower work window, such that each of said plurality of aligned locations corresponds to one of said work window locations; and
wherein, in said operative state of said work guide, said plurality of aligned locations and corresponding ones of said work window locations define a plurality of pathways, each of which is capable of allowing a tool to pass through said guide aperture and said work window to access or work on a desired location on one or more workpieces; and
wherein at least one of said work windows provides a line of sight at one or more of said workpieces.